MORGANTON Christopher Chris Lee Shell, 43, of Morganton, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017. He was born in Burke County, Nov. 16, 1973, and was the son of Richard Allen Shell and Vickie Roper Shell. Chris was an avid NASCAR fan, Duke Cameron Crazy and a Yankee fan.
Synonyms for tonguetÊÅ. tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. Synonyms: lingua, glossa, spit, tongue, knife, clapper, natural language, applauder.
The upper surface of the tongue is called the dorsum, and is divided by a groove into symmetrical halves by the median sulcus. The foramen cecum marks the end of this division (at about 2.5 cm from the root of the tongue) and the beginning of the terminal sulcus.